[Ed Law]

Ah, I understand. Sounds like medium will be the way to go. At least I have some idea of a workflow and plan.
John thank you for your advice and help. I really appreciate it.

[Ed Law]

Ok, I bought Cineform.

Am I right in assuming the best way to do this is to take all my camera footage for a project, convert it to Cineform, drop it into a Vegas project and edit.

My camera footage is 1920 X 1080i
I am using Vegas 10 and AE CS5

You said you do your coloring in Vegas, but let’s say I want to take advantage of Magic Bullet in After Effects. Do I render the whole project out in Vegas and then export that into AE to do my color grading? How about importing back into Vegas? It seems when I render out in Cineform YUV 4:2:2 Filmscan 1, the files are huge. Not a big deal but I thought Cineform was supposed to lower the filesize and still keep the quality.

If I could solve this piece of the puzzle, I would be on my way. I know I sound like Im just looking for a workflow answer, and I guess I am, since this is new to me. Im used to doing everything in Vegas, and I’m looking to expand and use some other programs.

[Ed Law]

Thanks for the info. I believe I’ll take your advice and go with Cineform.

I’m curious about your workflow. Do you render out the whole movie with Cineform and do your grading and effects in AE and then render back, or do you do it by scenes or clips?

[Ed Law]

Is there a special codec for viewing these Mpeg files? I am unable to see them.